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Channel 4 Urged By CIISA Chair To Launch Independent Review Of Gagging Clauses
Baroness Kennedy has called on Channel 4 to launch an independent investigation into its use of confidentiality clauses in settlement agreements.
Baroness Kennedy, who also serves as a lawmaker in the House of Lords, said Channel 4 should engage an external attorney to examine the agreements signed by former staffers who left the public service broadcaster amid an employment dispute. Kennedy, a distinguished human rights lawyer, is now a powerful voice in the creative industries through her work at CIISA, an independent body through which TV and film workers will soon be able to report wrongdoing. Kienda Hoji, a music industry lawyer who sits on the CIISA board, said media organizations should be able to use confidentiality clauses when they are requested by departing employees, but they should never amount to blanket agreements that leave people “gagged for life.”
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